OSC #1 Voting

[DM8954]

It's time to vote for which screenshot best portrays the competition theme.

The theme for the Oblivion Screenshot Competition #1 was: Battle
The competition page is here: Oblivion Screenshot Competition #1: Battle

Any member of Cyrodiil forums can vote once whether you entered the competition or not. If you have an entry in the competition it is strongly recommended that you don't vote for yourself. Not only is that a pretty arrogant thing to do but it is rude and could potentially skew the voting. Besides, if everyone voted for their own entry, then only the votes of those who did not participate would count. Everyone be honest and vote for the screenshot that best fits the theme.

Try not to take the "quality" of the image into account too much. No one should win just because they have a more powerful computer and run higher settings. Think of this as an in-game photography contest. Consider, mood, composition, balance (stuff like that if you know about photography), but above and beyond any other consideration: does this entry most make me think about this round's theme.

It's not a requirement but please stick around and say a few words about why you chose the entry that you did. What was most important to you and what could any and all entries have done to be better?

The poll will expire in 5 days (should be Wednesday, 21 March 2007), that's all the time you have to make your decision. After that, I'll leave the poll open for the announcement of the winner, congratulaton posts, and any additional comments and discussion of the entries.

[DM8954]

Looks like time is up. Unfortunately, we don't have a winner, we have a tie. So, I guess we should try and break that tie. I edited the poll to extend the time limit into Sunday. Also, so we (hopefully) don't have another tie, I'm allowing people to see the results. I don't like how this could tend to skew the results. Now, all those who already voted, please leave some comments about the good and bad of each entry. It will help us better decide who should win and in what ways we can all improve the entries in the future.

Just because we're still voting, though, doesn't mean the next contest will be delayed. It should be up on Thursday evening. If you want to suggest a theme, post suggestions in the Screenshot Competition Discussion.

For now, lets get back to voting.

[DM8954]

It's a good thing the polls close automatically, because I was out of town and forgot to officially end this vote again... but we're exactly where we were a few days ago. So, it's "officially" a tie game. No one voted in the tie breaker and no one left any helpful comments. I hope the next vote goes better than this one did.

Good job anyway, everyone. Now go take some screenshots for the other competition: Oblivion Screenshot Competition #2: Relax